Thank you for launching an investigation into the federal violations
committed by Oregon Health & Science University. Please levy the MAXIMUM
FINE against Oregon Health & Science University for their blatant disregard
of the Animal Welfare Act when their negligence killed and injured many
primates during the last several years, including: one monkey dead of
strangulation, one monkey whose spine was injured during an escape, one
monkey with necrotic lesions, two who were burned, six dead and twenty-one
seriously injured during fights, and more than 50% of the monkeys with
significant hair loss.

Their behavior should NOT be tolerated and MUST be punished to the
fullest extent of the law.

Animal rights group files new complaint
against OHSU over monkey death
By Lynne Terry,
The Oregonian/OregonLive, March 17, 2016

An animal rights group has filed a new complaint against Oregon Health &
Science University's over the death of a monkey at its primate center in
Beaverton.

Stop Animal Exploitation Now wrote to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
this week, accusing OHSU of violating the Animal Welfare Act in its
treatment of the animal. The incident happened last September when a
24-year-old rhesus macaque escaped from a holding area, fell and injured his
spine, according to an OHSU document obtained by the group. The primate
center's veterinarians euthanized the monkey.

The group said OHSU's treatment of the animal was "negligent." It called on
the USDA to fine the university the maximum - $10,000 per violation.

The group filed a similar complaint in February over another monkey death
last year. The primate essentially strangled itself by becoming entangled in
a foraging device.

Nancy Haigwood, director of the Oregon National Primate Research Center,
said both incidents were reported to the USDA, which oversees primate
centers.

"This happens on occasion," Haigwood said. "We do everything we can to
prevent this. But monkeys are wild animals."

The primate center works with 5,000 primates.

"We feel we do an outstanding job taking care of the animals," Haigwood
said. "(Veterinary) staff are devastated when something like this happens."

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